Archive for April, 2008

Hardy Heron 10 comments »

As my Ubuntu Edgy (6.10) was not quite cutting edge anymore, I decided to get Hardy Heron.
Upgrade over two skipped releases would be suicidal, so I decided to do a fresh install. I also wanted to preserve my old Edgy… you know — just in case. That involved cutting off half of my system partition […]

Posted on 2008-27-04 in linux
Common sense and frustration 1 comment »

Do you know what common sense is?
Common sense is:

NOT setting fixed height for elements whose actual height can change anytime, and especially not setting this particular height to three elements next to each other, to keep them with the same height (common sense solution is to wrap it all in another element)
NOT calling your database […]

Posted on 2008-23-04 in programming, rant
EPGC Kraków 2008 2 comments »

As I was planning my journey to Krakow and there was only one reasonable train to take, I worked overtime during the week so that I could leave work earlier on Friday. Well, the train was delayed, so I wouldn’t be able to catch the following train, which meant there was basically no way to […]

Posted on 2008-14-04 in go, travelling
It is the journey that matters 22 comments »

It’s not the end
Not the kingdom come
It is the journey that matters
– Wanderlust by Nightwishes
I think I know why I’ve been happy recently – I found the meaning of life.
And the funny thing is that I found the meaning of life without actually realizing I found it. The trigger to my realization was a video […]

Posted on 2008-04-04 in random thoughts, religion